Child dies in mishap, mob fury spills on street

OVER A dozen people including several policemen were injured in a clash between villagers and police after the death of a minor girl in an accident on the bypass road near Bilkhiria on Thursday morning.

OVER A dozen people including several policemen were injured in a clash between villagers and police after the death of a minor girl in an accident on the bypass road near Bilkhiria on Thursday morning.

The angry mob set the erring truck ablaze and indulged in heavy stone pelting. Several police vehicles were damaged in the attack. The police lobbed tear gas shells and fired in the air to control the mob. In the end the police resorted to lathi charge to bring the situation under control.

CSP Govindpura Shyamlal Yadav said that Ruchika, 10, daughter of Achal Singh, a resident of Khajuri Kalan village near Piplani was crossing the road in the morning when she came in the way of a speedily driven truck. She was going to the fields when the truck ran over her.

The girl died on the spot itself. Irate residents of Khajuri Kalan village and surrounding areas took to streets and staged a chakka jam. They chased the truck and caught the driver. The truck was set ablaze. The police rushed to the spot, rescued the driver from the mob and tried to calm down tempers.

But residents were so angry that they did not let the fire tender douse the fire. They were demanding